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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret - 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sholem agitated and troubled?
(a) He has been drinking too much coffee.
(b) He is concerned for the safety of his daughter in London.
(c) He is worried about his play.
(d) His trip to Europe to learn more about the pogroms.

2. What are the two locations in which Indecent had its world premiere?
(a) The Muny and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
(b) Arena Stage and Goodspeed Musicals.
(c) Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse.
(d) Hartford Stage and Indianapolis Repertory Theatre.

3. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?
(a) A waltz.
(b) Big band music.
(c) Klezmer music.
(d) A violin solo.

4. What does Vogel distinctly remember about The God of Vengeance?
(a) It had a love scene between the two women and was written by a newly married man.
(b) It was on Broadway.
(c) It was written in 1906 by a Jewish man.
(d) It first toured Europe before coming to America.

5. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?
(a) French and German.
(b) Spanish and Chinese.
(c) Yiddish and English.
(d) Yiddish and German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the set.

2. How does the audience know that Lemml speaks German as a second language?

3. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?

4. In The Curtain Falls, how does Virginia change the blocking?

5. What do the men think of the ending of the play?

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